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QUILTING- FRAME FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,911, dated November8, 1887.

Application filed April 13, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TERELIUS ALLEN HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at High Point, in the county of Guilford and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in QuiltingAttachments for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to quilting attachments for sewing-machines; andit consists in the details of construction and combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportionof a sewingmachine with my attachment in position for operation.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the carriage. Fig. 3 is a bottom planview of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail section through v the clamp and theends of the rollers. Figs. 5 and 6 are views illustrating the track andits supports.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the carriage, provided with rollers onwhich the fabric is arranged for quilting.

B B are the side plates or head-blocks in which the rollers a, b, and ca-rejournaled.

O is a bar connecting the side plates. The side plates at the ends towhich the connectingbar is attached have upward extensions, D, which areprovided with bearings for the back roller, a. The middle roller, b,carrying the upper fabric, isjournaled in the lower part of the sideplates beneath and to one side of the roller i. a. The journals at oneend of the rollers a and b are inserted into their bearings from theinner side of the plates. The journals at the other ends of theserollers rest in slots d 6, formed in the side plates, and are providedwith heads or flangesff attheir extremities.

E is a clamp formed in two pieces, which are held together by aset-screw, g. or other suitable means; This clamp is applied to therollers 11 b after thejournals are placed in the slots (1 e. The ends ofthe clamps are formed with semicircular recesses; and when the twopieces are placed in position on therollers, these recesses formbearings nearly surrounding the rollers. This clamp is applied near oneend Serial No. 234,714. (No model.)

of the rollers ab, on the inner side of the slotted side plate, therollers being held at any desired degree of pressure by means of thesetscrew g. \Vhen the clamp is loosened, the rollers can be readilyremoved from the frame.

0 is a roller journaled in suitable bearings h h at the other ends ofthe side pieces, B B. As shownin the drawings, the ends of the sidepieces are recessed and a series of bearings formed by means of the barsorwires These bearings or rests for the journals are made open, so thatthe roller can be removed from the frame or adjusted higher, as the bulkof the material on the roller increases. When the journals are placed intheir bearings, they are held in position by the pins or bolts K. Theends of thejournals of this roller are also provided with heads j. Theroller 0 has a ratchet-wheel, Z, at one end, with which engages a pawl,m, pivoted to the side plate, B. When the attachment is in position onthe sewing-machine, the roller 0 is turned to draw the material from theother rollers and to take it up as fast as it is quilted, the pawl, whenin engagement with the ratchet, allowing the roller to turn to wind upthe material, but preventing it from unwinding.

The under side of the head-blocks or side pieces of the frame arerecessed at a to receive the wheels 0. These wheels are four in numher,two being placed on each side of the carriage. These wheels are placedtoward the inner edge of the side pieces, and are provided with flanges.p to keep the carriage in proper position on'the track. Each of thesewheels is mounted loosely on a wire or rod, 0, which extends across therecess at the inner edge of the frame. of the recess to the lipsor'lugsq q, projecting downward from the side plate.

F represents a frame or track formed in two sections, 1' "r. This track,when in position, extends across the sewing-machinetable, forming anearly continuous track. The needlebarworks between the side pieces orrails. On this track the carriage moves, the material to be quiltedbeing carried backward and forward under the needle-bar of the machine.The ends of the sections, which rest upon the table, are cut out to fitthe edge of the table and the bed-plate of the sewing-machine. The twoThe wire is fastened at each side sections of the track are heldtogether and to the machine-table by the two connecting-bars or rods .9.These rods are provided with slots t at their ends, through which passthe thumbscrews a, connecting them to the track. By means of these slotsin the connecting-bars the tracks can be readily adjusted to fitmachines of different widths. Projecting from the illner sides of thetrack are pins to, to which the legs or supports are attached, as willbe hereinafter described.

G G represent the legs or supports for the track. At each end thesesupports are composed of two legs crossing each other and held togetherby a screw or bolt, r. The legs are provided with a series of holes, a,so that they can be raised or lowered, as desired, to suit theparticular sewing-maehinein use- XV hen the bolt or screw is placed inthe upper holes, the legs are widened and lowered. \Vhen placed in thelower holes, the legs are raised. The upper ends of the legs are notchedor cut out, as shown at x, to form shoulders, on which the track issupported. The extremities 3/ of the legs pass upon the inside of thetrack and are provided with holes Y, adapted to receive the pins It,projecting from the inner side of the track. Vith this construction theweight of the carriage and track rests upon the legs, while the pinshold the legs in position.

The manner of operating the attachmentean be readily understood from thedescription,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. Before commencing toquilt the lining or under fabric and wadding are wound upon the rollera. The fabric for the top of the quilt is wound on the middle roller,1), the wrong side of the goods being on the outside. The cotton andlining from the roller a pass down and under the roller 1), the cottoncoming in Contact with the top cloth. The goods are drawn from these tworollers, and the ends are fastened together and to the ratchet-roller ortake-up roller by tacks or in any other suit able manner. XVhen thetrack and the sup porting-legs are in position, the carriage can bereadily placed upon the track with the ma terial in proper position, theroller 0 being arranged under the arm of the sewing machine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. In a carriage forholding and carrying fabrics to be quilted, the combination, with therollers a b, on which the fabric is to be wound for quilting, of theside plates, in which the rollers are journaled, one of said side platesbeing provided with slots, in which the headed journals of the rollersrest, and a clamp operated by a set-screw for holding the said rollersin position, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a carriage for holding and carrying fabrics to be quilted, thecombination,with the side plates, B B, connected by a cross-bar, of therollers a 1), arranged substantially as described, the clamp E, havingthe set-screw 1 the roller 0, having headed journals and arranged inbearings in the side plates, as described, said roller being providedwith a ratchet-wheel and pawl, and the flanged wheels 0, secured to theunder sides of the plates B 13, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In a quilting attachment for sewingmachines, the combination, withthe frame or track F, formed in two sections, of the connecting bars orrods 8 8, arranged on opposite sides of the track and having the slots tat their ends, and the set-screws u, which pass through the slots andconnect the bars to the sides of the track, substantially as described.

4. In a quilting attachment for sewing'machines, the combination, with aframe or track adapted to rest on a sewing-machine table, said trackbeing provided with projecting pins, as described, of the cross-legsconnected together by screws or bolts and arranged to support each endof the track, said legsbeing provided with a series of holes, by whichthey can be adjusted to tables of different heights, and each of saidlegs having a notch or shoulder near its upper end, on which the trackrests, and an arm extending upward from the shoulder and perforated toreceive the pins projecting from the track, substantially as set forth.

T. A. HILL. Witnesses:

Gno. W. LONG, W. H. Lowe.

